_American Hustle, _which, along with _The Wolf of Wall Street, _promises to be the hit of the holiday season, will feature the big hair and the oversized lapels of the ’70s, of course. (Check out our take on the movie’s fashions.) But after an advanced screening, we know a little more about the much-awaited movie; like, the fact that De Niro has a cameo, and Louis C.K. has a supporting role, and Jennifer Lawrence kisses Amy Adams in a moment of passion between the feuding characters. (Vulture)

The Real Wolf of Wall Street

Set in the ’80s, _Wolf _will no doubt feature some horrible shoulder-padded suit jackets. (Check out our style rundown of the movie trailer.)Â But if you’d like to know more about the real-life Gordon Gekko on which Leonardo DiCaprio’s character is based, check out _New York’s profile of the man himself, Jordan Belfort, who went to jail for his financial misdeeds. The article is full of delicious details such as Belfort’s favorite movie—which is Wall Street, unsurprisingly. (Guess he missed the point.) (New York Magazine) _

Journalists Use Drones, Too

Drone strikes have caused quite a stir (for more on the debate, read our feature "Confessions of a Drone Warrior"), and the media has detailed this controversy at length, but now journalists are getting in on the technology, using the lightweight aircraft to report (rather than kill). (New York Times)

Attack of the Pornbots

Last Thursday, around 5 p.m., Olivia got home from her San Diego high school and found that thirty porn stars had just followed her on Twitter. Ok, she thought, this is weird. (Or, in her own words: "guys wtf 30 PORNSTARS JUST FOLLOWED ME WHATS HAPPENING") By 10 p.m., that number had soared astronomically: 5,000 porn stars were now following Olivia. But the porn stars weren’t porn stars at all; they were in fact spammy bots, of the same sort that try to solicit Twitter users for shady modeling casting calls. (The Atlantic)

The Passive-Aggressive Period

If you texted a friend, and he responded with "Yes." or "No.", you’d be worried, right? The answer seems so curt—just one word followed by a damning period at the end. How did the period, once just an innocuous ending mark, become the hallmark of textually communicated passive aggression? Apparently, our lazy text-like-talk habit is to blame, according to _The New Republic. (The New Republic) _